We started out with a no slide 33 ft gas rig - new in '01. Started with 6 week trips and 8 weeks to 3 months while I continued to work from the road. After 3 years, 45k miles, we traded up to a '36 foot 2 slide Southwind and thought that we might have bought our last coach. I retired someplace along the way and the trips started getting more like life and the stays in our home more like vacations. After 8 years that wonderful gasser had 105,000 miles on it and the interior needed to be completely redone. It was outdated and worn out from extended living on board. I didn't think there was more than another 100k miles left before major stuff started to happen to the drive line and didn't want to sink a lot of money into the house only to have the chassis fail.
Besides I wanted a diesel! Thus 2 years ago we bought the coach in the signature. 36 feet is determined by our younger son's yard, nothing larger can fit. We seem to fit just fine in the 36 feet so it works out. I have no idea what would cause me to get another coach. I have no idea how long we will stay on the road, we turn 72 this fall and neither of us is ready to discuss it. Besides that would mean deciding WHERE to get off the road, certainly not back in NY where we have no family and high taxes.
